How many times have my words been out of alignment with my actions?
Or to phrase it differently – to be more accurate about my thought – how many times have I had a clear intention to “DO” something or follow through on something, and communicated that intention fully expecting to be in alignment with my words (at the outset) and then for some unexpected reason, not followed through.
It’s hard to describe the feelings and the energy of Siesta Key. It’s one of those things where you have to be there to get it – firsthand… This is one of our favorite places on the planet and actually a destination point for many Europeans and Canadians travelers anually – as well as East Coast and Midwestern Americans…
Here is a brief video of me at Siesta Key beach..
Michael Barrett at Siesta Key
Some of the local ‘part time’ residents (snow birds in another dialect) have been coming here for many seasons and often own two separate homes – a Sarasota Florida home and the other one where they liove in the summer time and early fall (Florida’s hottest season).
Come play with us and practice Qigong together or be part of one of our Workshops…
I AM Michael Barrett, I AM a Qigong guy and I AM a Core Health Facilitator.
Baby Boomers are some of the most creative, innovative, get-it-done kind of people I know.
In the 80′s, I lived in the Bitterroot Valley in south west Montana. I moved there to raise a family and get away from the insanity of city life. In case you are not familiar with Montana, here is a picture I took from my daughter’s house in April 2009.
In Montana, people often have multiple professions. I met a guy one day who was working for the garbage company during the day, raised goats, and had a PhD in Biology.
One of the most coveted jobs – when I lived there – was working for the Forest Service. The spring and summer seasons were relatively short which meant the staffers could work about six months a year and collect unemployment and ski throughout the winter.
Not only that, working for the Forest Service they always knew the finest locations for free standing-dead lodge pole pine – which meant they had all the firewood they needed in exchange for a few days work, some chain saw gas and a couple of cases of beer.
A buddy of mine – a Bitterroot native – owns a post pounding (rural fencing) company, raises and sells sheep and chickens, has owned a water well drilling company and worked in the oil rigs in Wyoming.
Everybody raises some of their own food as well as living and flowing with the cycles of nature. Living in Montana is a healthy and powerful lifestyle and produces generations of hearty and capable people who can do just about anything.
And the people are helpful and generous. They enjoy life and live it fully. They take time out to relax and have fun on a regular basis and enjoy the beauty of nature in one of the prettiest places on the planet. When I lived there I learned:
how to be healthy and that
when you chose a place that is in alignment with your truth, you become strong and powerful.
There is a natural power in the mountains.
When you are healthy and powerful, it is easy to be playful.
This morning I got an email from a friend of mine in Montana with a picture of a Baby Boomer Boy Toy that I wanted to share with you. The guy that sent me this is one of the nicest, funniest and smartest guys I know and one heck of a mechanic. He can fabricate anything from a building to a sophisticated mechanical device of any magnitude.
He did not fabricate this real man’s snowmobile, however.
Tell me you don’t want to open that throttle and see what happens?
Although I love this car as a thing of beauty – and as the last model actually designed by Enzo Ferrari before he died – this is a car that I want to purchase for a friend of mine as a gift for his collection.
My friend has been an auto enthusiast as far back as I can remember. He is one of the best drivers I have ever known personally, a top flight professional level mechanic and has owned many amazing cars. In high school, he owned an immaculate VW Bug with a Porsche Super C engine in it that would eat GTO Judges for lunch.
He is in the Shelby Club Book in twice and had one of the cleanest Dino’s I have ever seen, a 98 point concourse car. When I am able, I am going to buy a black Ferrari F40 for his collection because of all the people I know personally, he is the one who appreciates it the most. And he will care for it properly as a legacy for the future.
And one of my favorite Baby Boomer Toys for Boys from:Jay Leno’s collection, a 1930 KJ Henderson 4…
Michael Barrett’s 2009 Year in Review Photostream…
2009 Means smiling faces of little ancient soul grandchildren -
Michael Barrett's Grandchildren...
laughing, loving and shining God through their piercing, radiant eyes…
Year 2009 in review.
Bless my new extended family, all my old dear friends, my lovely children and their children and Alexandra.
Wow…
What a year – change, growth, expansion, tears, joy, pain, love, forgiveness, personal transformation, release, clearing, closure.
The year began in California where times were tough. But something beautiful took place there.
We found Ananda Palo Alto.
Ananda Palo Alto
What an amazing and spiritually pure place.
People walk their talk and God is always present because God is welcomed and acknowledged in every action, every word and every deed – every moment, all the time.
I love Ananda and all the people I met there who accepted me unconditionally for who I am and who I grew to love and appreciate in a deeply profound way that was a new experience for me in my life.
After all my years of training, my heart chakra opened fully for the first time during a Sunday morning service and meditation.
It was a major accomplishment for me and a gift – one that I fully understood and was aware of as it took place.
I found that the spiritual task of practicing ‘forgiving myself’ – as instructed by Asha Praver – was something that I did poorly although I diligently made an effort to do so.
For me it was something much easier said than done. I found that I was both angry at myself and many people in my life.
Over time, it became clear to me that much of that anger I had been carrying in my heart for a long, long time.
It did not serve me yet I did not know what to do about it.
Once again – easy to talk about – and entirely different to resolve and heal within myself in practical application.
Being part of Ananda for 5 months changed my life. Bless you all and bless your kindness, love and beautiful open hearts.
The search for learning how to forgive myself led me to find Pamela Gregory, which and led me to Dr. Ed Carlson, Heart Forgiveness and Core Health in St. Petersburg, Florida.
The next phase was the time I spent in Montana.
This was the first time I lived there in over 20 years.
The view on the west side of the Bitterrot Valley
It was a painful time, yet such a joyful time, spending two wonderful months with my grandchildren and three of my kids.
The Bitterroot Valley is such a beautiful place. The river, the mountains, the sunsets and the sky at night.
And all the 6 little beautiful beings who are my grandchildren – such joy and love and clarity and newness and excitement about life.
And my amazing beautiful daughters Arabella and Tahahlita and my son Lucky.
Arabella and Tahahlita
It was so nice to see them and love them and be in their presence and feel their kindness and their beauty as human beings and young adults.
What a blessed man I am.
I can remember often telling friends of mine (when my son was a little boy) what a cool and kind person he was naturally and how I couldn’t wait until he was older so we could talk and have a beer together because he was such good company and such a fine and considerate human being.
Well in 2009, we had that beer – a few of them actually. We got together in Half Moon Bay and then again in Walnut Creek and then again several times in Montana before I headed east in June.
Lucky at age 11
It’s truly amazing the inherent joy that exists between a father and his children – without words or explanation.
Lucky more recently...
How our DNA creates an extension of us through our children – through the expression of their own individuality and consciousness – is a miracle that never ceases to amaze me.
This aspect of ‘family consciousness’ is even more pronounced with a relationship between a man and his grandchildren – perhaps because
all the emotional trauma, changes and debris between parents and their kids is not there.
Off to see the wizard...
Also as young children the grandchildren are still young and clean and pure and whole without judgment.
Apparently, Halloween was fun this year…
Pamela Gregory
During this time, I met Pamela Gregory online via Facebook and we became close friends. She became my adviser and worked with me closely with EFT to help me heal some deep seated issues in my life.
In many ways Pamela was my angel. She was contacted by a man named Neil Habgood – our connection to Dr. Ed Carlson. BTW, Neil has subsequently become a very close friend and associate.
He is a good man.
The Next Phase Was Heading East…
Dr. Ed Carlson and Michael Barrett
In early June, it was off to North Carolina to meet Dr. Ed Carlson the first time and spend a private intensive weekend with him training in Heart Forgiveness. The setting and the energy was magnificent – flowering trees and fragrances – high atop a ridge in the Blue Ridge mountains.
Wow…
On July 4th, Sarasota, Florida became home. What a change this was for me personally. I had been to Florida on three previous occasions in Jacksonville and Orlando and had absolutely no desire to be there.
In spite of that perspective, suddenly I felt a strong pull to Florida – a deep and intuitive voice calling me to follow my heart and take the risk, let go and that all would be provided for.
I listened to my intuition and without a plan, without resources, without family, connections or friends there, the west coast of Florida was where I landed. I found the energy attractive and clean and expansive for me – and curiously enough, it felt like home almost immediately.
Expansion, Rapid Change and Inner Turmoil…
The remainder of the year has been a period of immense expansion energetically and Spiritually.
And throughout the process of this expansion, rapid change has been the primary ingredient – fueled both by the choice to grow and the desire to change.
It also became clear to me that wanting change is not enough. Acting upon it and being willing to fully accept what happens is another piece of the puzzle and the experience. From a practical standpoint, real concrete change required release of all the old baggage in my life.
If you have ever done a sincere fast, one of the side effects is to release a lot of toxin into the body as you cleanse.
Something else about Spiritual growth and energetic expansion, once you start there is no going back. Once you know, you can never “un-know”.
In many ways, the period of time from July through December 2009 has been a continuous series of Spiritual and energetic fasts and cleansings…
The freeing and clearing process has been comprehensive, accentuated by Qigong, Tibetan Yoga, Meditation, Siesta Key, the Mighty I AM Presence and an active and accelerated training program in Core Health and Heart Forgiveness.
Receiving my certificate...
In December I received my certification as a Core Health Facilitator.
The Universe Is Shifting
That the Universe is shifting to align with the new awareness of mankind that is emerging has magnified the overall experience immensely. In many ways it has been a deeply moving and turbulent year – with highly charged emotion and energy as a by-product of massive cleansing and release.
So much transition…
As I ponder the depth of the love that is expanding within me and throughout my consciousness and energy, I am filled with joy, awe and an unspeakable understanding.
What an honor this experience has been and what a huge blessing and opportunity it is.
Sounds like a mantra from a self development seminar, doesn’t it?
Dr. Ed Carlson (Core Health) and Michael Barrett (Core Health Facilitator) in St Petersburg, Florida - December 2009
Letting go is one of those things that turns out to be a difficult thing to actuate in real life. It sounds simpler than it is.
How many times have you gotten home from an inspiring lecture or seminar all fired up and ready to implement everything you learned into your life just to realize you haven’t got a clue how?
And absolutely a month after the fact you’ve pretty much forgotten that good feeling you had when you were all fired up.
Letting go – or not – is actually part of our identity, the who we are piece deep in our core. A deep aspect of identity health is what Dr Ed Carlson calls, “the root of holding on“.
We hang on to what we habitually are used to doing and to all the subconscious programing – until we don’t. 95% of what we do all the time is automatically being run by the subconscious mind – and the weird part is that we don’t even know it – or at least we are unaware of it consciously.
The subconscious just runs the show day in and day out. And that’s ok, depending on what’s in there. What if the default programs in our subconscious – from the past – are not in alignment with who we are today?
What if most of it is old junk and emotional debris from countless emotional hurts, traumas and external programming that have been accumulating for a lifetime?
What if we found out that we don’t have to do it the way we have been any more and that there is an alternative?
Imagine what you could do in your life if you really could:
Let go
Let God and
Love
Now we really can.
Dr. Bruce Lipton (Biology of Belief) and Dr. Ed Carlson (Founder of Core Health)
Thanks to guys like Dr. Bruce Lipton, Dr. Ed Carlson, Gregg Braden and Dr. David Hawkins there is a way to do this. It’s a method called comprehensive kinesiology, or Core Health.
You can literally change your life in 12 weeks. I did.
And it only took me 35 years to find it, so I could.
You don’t have to wait 35 years and you don’t have to find Core Health, I did that for you.
This tool allows you to literally LET GO by going into your energy with an energy eraser and cleaning out all the junk and debris and confusion and letting go of it once and for all.
Then you can go into the energy and make new energy decisions and begin living in your perfect moment and let God take control again by choosing to relinquish your desire to run the universe and truly letting go.
Dr. Ed Carlson (Core Health) and Gregg Braden (Fractal Time: The Secret of 2012 and a New World Age - November 2009 in Tampa)
And during this experience, you learn to love again – love your self, love life and love God.
Pure and simple, effective and permanent. Heal the separation and move on.
Get in touch and find out about events and facilitators in your area. This is about to expand really fast because it is so effective and the word is getting out. There are only 65 certified facilitators in the entire US and I am one of them. It’s a great bunch of dedicated people.
I can remember when I first realized that my daughter was merely a mirror for:
what I was thinking
what I was saying
how I was expressing myself into the world
and my intentions…
It dawned upon me that I had become responsible for imprinting a great deal of myself onto the ‘blank canvass’ of this amazing, new, conscious being who did not reason or think or intellectualize.
She just was…
She just reflected back to me everything in my consciousness. I took a different approach to my thinking and my speech on that day and at that point in my life.
I was 28 and she was 7 months. Now she is 28.
This is a quote from Abraham…
The little ones still remember how to use the power of their imagination. They are still engaged in the utilization of their imagination — that is one of the reasons that keeps them so exhilarated. — Abraham
We often forget to think about how we impact the world around us. But we actually create it wherever we go.
I realized that children are merely mirrors of our emotions, our language, our thinking and love. They do not analyze or think when they are infants. They just are. They reflect everything we are back to us.
I love children – they are instant and permanent blessings.
I originally saw this in a note on Facebook by my friend, Kathy Tarochione. An then it showed up again in an email from a friend in Montana. I don’t know who wrote it originally but I thought it was worth sharing.
Follow this and see how you feel when you read this.
It really hits home to me. What about you? If you like it share it.
WHEN YOU THOUGHT I WASN’T LOOKING
A message every adult should read because children
are watching you and doing as you do, not as you say.
When you thought I wasn’t looking I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to paint another one.
When you thought I wasn’t looking I saw you feed a stray cat, and I learned that it was good to be kind to animals.
When you thought I wasn’t looking I saw you make my favorite cake for me, and I learned that the little things can be the special things in life.
When you thought I wasn’t looking I heard you say a prayer, and I knew that there is a God I could always talk to, and I learned to trust in Him.
When you thought I wasn’t looking I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend who was sick, and I learned that we all have to help take care of each other.
When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you give of your time and money to help people who had nothing, and I learned that those who have something should give to those who don’t.
When you thought I wasn’t looking I saw you take care of our house and everyone in it, and I learned we have to take care of what we are given.
When you thought I wasn’t looking I saw how you handled your responsibilities, even when you didn’t feel good, and I learned that I would have to be responsible when I grow up.
When you thought I wasn’t looking I saw tears come from your eyes, and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it’s all right to cry.
When you thought I wasn’t looking I saw that you cared, and I wanted to be everything that I could be.
When you thought I wasn’t looking I learned most of life’s lessons that I need to know to be a good and productive person when I grow up.
When you thought I wasn’t looking I looked at you and wanted to say,’Thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn’t looking.’
Share this with all of the people you know who do so much for others, but think no one ever sees. Little eyes see a lot.
Each of us (parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, teacher, friend) influences the life of a child.
How will you touch the life of someone today? Just by sharing this with someone else, you will probably make them at least think about their influence on others.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.
During 2005-2009, there were so many changes in my life and I met some absolutely amazing people. It was period of real transformation for me. Starting with the dynamic experience traveling as a staffer with Peak Potentials, a self-development seminar company for 18 months. Prior to that, I had only flown occasionally. But with Peak I was on planes in and out of 28 venues all around North America – and it was exciting.
We met so many people on planes, in airports, riding shuttles to hotels, as well as the 20,000 – or so – people who attended the seminars as participants. I learned how cultures varied in different cities and locations. I worked on events in Orlando, Dallas, Los Angeles (multiple times), Secaucus, Seattle, Morley – Alberta – Canada, Ellenville New York in the catskills, Vancouver – BC, Pemberton – BC, San Diego, Calif, Beaumont, CA (near Palm Springs), Atlanta.
In addition, I met and got to know staff at the hotel and resort venues, at airports, people riding shuttles, people waiting for planes, eating at restaurants. The High Energy Core Team staffers that worked for Peak Potentials bonded and we became a very close knit extended family. These were high caliber people with brains, a sense of humor, talent and energy. So just being in their presence on a regular basis has a positive impact on our lives.
Being on staff enabled me to meet and develop personal relationships with some of the top speakers and trainers around in the self development world – what an exciting experience.
Helping participants grow and break through their personal barriers also added to our own personal transformation because whenever others grow and improve within our presence, we also benefit.
Not only did I participate on staff for the Peak events, I attended them, met another ~2500 people more intimately as a participant, and had my own personal transformations and breakthroughs.
I also lived in many places.
I lived in Seattle, Scranton – PA, Atlantic City – NJ, Wildwood at the Jersey Shores, Goochland – VA, Atlanta – GA, Maidens – VA, Menlo Park – CA and Hamilton – MT.
Some for several months at a time up to a year and a half.
Cross country trips
Beginning in 2006, I made three cross country trips by car – round trip. You learn a lot about yourself and the country you live in when you drive through it. The people you meet, the experiences you have and the beauty you see of this magnificent planet teach us more about who we are and remind us where we came from. You also see the kindness inherent in human nature and this can heal so many things within us. Cross country trips affirmed for me that America is full of kind and generous people.
Other teachers during that time period include a wonderful personal relationship, major national economic upheaval, a personal financial roller coaster dealing with issues around investments, integrity, self esteem and a fairly comprehensive study of the Law of Attraction.
Facebook has brought quality tuned-in people into my life – many of them.
Over the last few months, my extended family has grown immensely through the wonderful friends I have made on Facebook in many countries. I have learned so much, have received so much loving support and created a deep appreciation for the magnitude of technology and it’s impact, not only on social consciousness, but also the collective consciousness.
A number of my Facebook friends have become as close to me as my friends from Peak Potentials.
Pamela Gregory and Dr Ed Carlson
Through Pamela Gregory, one of those rare and amazing people that changes your life when you know them – and part of my new Facebook family – I met a man named Dr. Ed Carlson
Dr. Carlson founded a healing modality he named “Core Health” that is , in my opinion, revolutionizing how we grow consciously. This system realigns the energy body – kind of like replacing the natural defaults for health and purity we all started with as children.
In June 2009, I went through my initial training with Dr. Carlson and we have mutually agreed that I am going to accomplish my Core Health Facilitator Certification before the year is out. In addition, I am incorporating this effective method into my own training programs and physical training repertoire. It is an amazing tool to put in your tool belt.
And I believe it is going to change my life forever adding missing pieces of understanding I have been searching for since 1971.
Ananda – Palo Alto
Another huge piece of the puzzle was solved for me when I found Ananda. Through my experience attending services there, meditation classes and many group functions, I met some of the most loving and conscious people in my life.
Ananda was a big part of finding part of my Soul again. Truly, this part of my extended family really changed my life. This is the first time that I can remember where I have truly experienced unconditional love.
Another thing happened at Ananda that I have been striving to accomplish most of my adult life. My heart chakra opened up for the first time. Having been blessed with two very powerful teachers in Qigong and martial arts who helped me to open and balance my channel chi meridians, I have been practicing qigong regularly since 1988.
The meditation, the singing, the chanting and purification practices I studied and practiced at Ananda empowered me to accomplish something that neither qigong master was able to stimulate in me. For the first time, my heart chakra actually opened up during a service one day.
In February 2009, a friend handed me a little book about a series of 5 exercises called the Tibetan Rites – an ancient Tibetan method of physical rejuvenation through exercise.
I am convinced that practicing this series of exercises, coupled with the energy from Ananda, daily meditation and qigong practice empowered me to open my heart chakra.
A Time of Change
It has been a time of massive change – not just for me personally – but for the country and the world. There are so many other experiences, great books, tele-seminars, blog discussions that contributed significantly to my growth and expansion – too many to mention in this post.
But the bottom line is I have morphed and am a new man who is learning to be more grateful, more loving and stronger than ever before.
What I learned:
How to cry
How to love deeply and truly
How to forgive
Compassion
How it feels like to be invisible and alone
What commitment means
How to be a good listener
Listen to my intuition
Everything that happens in our life is a choice
I found my soul again
You never know what you know until you do.
Blessings of gratitude, love and light.
Michael Barrett, Florida, July 2009
You know it’s a bugger when a professional baseball player has the same name you do because it’s often hard to get the screen name you want for blogs and social media sites and other domains – they are already taken…
So I often use the name of the book I wrote, “Healthy Wealthy Boomer” as a screen name.
This photo stream is a pictorial story of my life journey from 2005 through 2009.
It reflects the best parts of my experience during that time. And looking back, I have grown so much and learned so much, it is clear that I am a blessed man.
If you are so inclined, please take a tour for a few minutes and enjoy the journey with me.
I am in alignment with my true purpose in life.
I live in the present moment,
In love,
In awe,
Seeing once again,
The innocence of my youth,
Knowing that I am whole and perfect
And always have been.
There is nothing that I lack.
I live and flow in abundance,
There is only God and Love.
All life comes at me with ease, joy and grace.
I am a beacon of radiant joy and health,
I am warrior,
I am lover,
I am kindness,
I am compassion,
I am grandfather,
I am healer,
I walk in gratitude,
With an open heart,
I live to serve.
I Am That, I Am,
In Montana, people often have multiple professions. I met a guy one day who was working for the garbage company during the day, raised goats, and had a PhD in Biology.
Although I love this car as a thing of beauty – and as the last model actually designed by Enzo Ferrari before he died – this is a car that I want to purchase for a friend of mine as a gift for his collection.
